The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-30
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WHEELING, W, VA, APRIL 30, 1887.


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Senator CamdeirS Senatorial nnd LitGrhry
Record. .-..... 4
III tho lull OF tho senatorial contest, the
ISTRLLIdESGEI has been looking into Mr..
Csmden's Senatorial and literary record.
We find that Some OF his Republican
frlends have been TOO generous in their
estimate Of His protectionist proclivities,
except as those principles might operate
to protect his own and his friends peck.
cts. We therefore ask those Rspub-
lican members OF the Legislature, who,
it is again said, are "Going to Co."
to pause before they irretrevably
commit Themselves to his Standard,
That those Republicans may havo the
full facts staring them In the face be-
fore they 10, wo beg herewith to aubmit a
iow facts:
|. Upon an amendment 10 tho com.
mitIee's report oil fifty cents duty per ton
on coal, to strike out fifty and insert
pev~enty-fiye, tho vote was, yeas 90. Maya
IS, and the duty was made aoventy.live
cents. Amongthe yeas waa Mr.. Camdon's
name. Mr.. Camden was largely inter
estcd in coal mining IT, Mason county.
(Mcpheraon's Hand Book OF Politics for
1884, page 4l).
9. In Mr.. Camden's celebrated article
on the Standard Oil Company, in the
North American Review for February, 1883,
he says: "a dsy's work Of the Standard
Oil Company Mt this time involves, among
other thinsu, the handling OF more than
$4,000 barrels OF oil, the putting together
Of ninety tons Of tank iron, and the max
ing Of 100000 tin cans, holding five gal
Ion each, and $4,000 oak bsrrols, to hoop
which requires $50 tons OF iron"
The bill rs reported from the committee
put q duty Of . 2,1o cents per pound, or
So psr ton, or hoop iron. Mr.. Bayard
moved m amendment providing the same
duty ehould BIO imposed as upon tho iron
from which the hoop iron was made. This
amendment, il carried, would a velows,ed
tho duty 81 per ton, and would have
saved to the Standard Oil Company, &C.
cording 10 Mr.. Camden's figures quoted
above, 5000 per day, or the snug sum OF
$4,000 per apnum. Among tho yeas
on the amendment was Mr.. Camden.
The amendment YVES rejected, yeas 90,
nays "a. (Mcpherson'a Hand Book Of
Politics, 1854, page 25.)
3. While the tariff bill OF 1883 wau ur-
der consideration Mr.. Plumb offered a
proposition taxing the dividends paid by
all corporations to their stockholders 8
per cent, and providing for the method Of
collection, penalties. &c. Upon thia propo-
sition the yeas were S, nays SO. Mr..
Camden voting nay. (McPherson's Hand
Book Of Politics Tor 1854, page 47.)
Senator Camden, in tue North Amrican
Rspieiv article Gays, referring to the Stan
dard Oil Company, shat it has never had
a contract with a railroad company which
a fair minded man could pronounce to be
against public policy, good morals, or
good business principles" In the samo
number Of tho Rerie'D, and in the next
article, by MIR. WEIGH, occurs the follow
Ing quotation from contracts made by the
Standard Oil Company with several rail
roads. "And it is further agreed by and
between the parties hereto that the party
hereto Of the second party (the railroad)
shall at al timcs cooperate, SO far as it le-
gally may with the party hereto OF the
first part, (the %stnndard) to maintain buei-
ness OF tho party hereto Of the frat part,
against loss or injury by competition, to the
ead that the party hereto Of the FIRST part
may keep up q remu nerative, and do a
full and regular business, and to that end
shall lo,er or raise the grs,s rates Of transpor.
talion over its railroads and connections,
80 Tar az it legally may, Tor such times and
to such extent rs may be necessary to
overcome such competition. The rebates
aud drawbacks to the party OF the frat
part TO DO varied pari passu with the
groas rates." a
With this record, especially in tho last
paragraph, we AJAX tho people to Judge Of
the dislntares tedness Of Mr. Camden's
tariff principles, and OF the estimate he
puts upon public policy" "sood mo,als,"
or good busineso principles" AS the
lswyers cay, with this brief We submit
our cane.